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Join Date: Oct 2005
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Unanswered: problem with shifter
the car is not running at the moment what can this be.. thanks dan |
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Pull the console up, then flip the shifter boot up, and see if the pivot pin is still holding the shifter into the shift fork. It may be missing. It's just held in by a "C" clip. If the pin is missing, don't fret. You can go to a hardware store and get a regular bolt and nut to replace it. I hjave done this on several of my cars. I hate messing with "C" clips, bolts are far easier to deal with. Gene
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Gene, I prefer the c clip style so if you would just save all those you convert to bolts I'll take them. Harold |
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You can always use a roll pin the same length with a washer and a cotter key. I've always called them roll pins, that might not be the correct terminology for it. Most hardware stores sell them. Take the bolt or pivot pin with you and get the roll pin just a little longer. HTH and is not too confusing. Jarrell
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Jarrell, that's kinda sorta, but, referring back to my USAF days and hardware nomenclature, a roll pin was made of spring steel, hollow, with a gap at the longitudinal axis, so that when it was put in a hole of the correct size, the spring action of the pin would hold the pin in place. For referrence, there are three roll pins in the headlight rotating mechanism between the three bolts that hold the spring plates and normally come loose in the mechanism. For the application of the shifter, a straight pin is used with a button head on one end, a hole drilled or circlip groove milled, for either a circlip or washer and cotter pin. HTH.
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Ron, you are correct, my hardware nomenclature was off. They are two distinct animals. I have always refered to it as a roll pin, but what I was trying to get across was a "straight pin", with a button head on one end, and a hole drilled for a cotter pin. Thanks for setting me straight.
Jarrell
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Pull the rubber boot up so that you can see the shifter where it goes into top of trans. The pin is mounted longitudinally and the clip should be at the rear. Remember, If you have a 30yr old car it may have anything holding it in. The clip usually falls out in the driveway when you unhook it so people use bolts with nuts which is much faster and you dont have to worry about the clip.Also you may be able to do a search and find a picture of a shifter.HTH
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If you can't find a picture of a shifter, I can take a picture for you in the Am. I have about 5 or 6 trannys on the floor. I believe a couple have the shifter attached. Jarrell
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shifter pin
The pin goes through the shifter tower and holds the shifter stick in place. It is about 1 and 1/2 inches long and has a beveled end with a "c" clip groove on one end and a shouldered flat head on the other. This pin in addition to the "c" clip is supposed to have a spring flat washer on the other end from the "c" clip groove. That washer holds tension on the "c" clip and prevents it from working loose and falling off.
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I just picked up my GT and I have never played around with an older transmission like this. I really hate the whole safety deal to get into and out of reverse (which is really a pain when you live on a hill like me). Can I lock the switch or remove it so I can shift in and out of reverse with greater ease?
Also, when I shift, the gears seem to slam hard even when I try to shift smoothly. I have never had this problem on other cars, but none were this old. The guy I bough it from said there is a rubber donut that might be all ripped up that takes care of this slamming. Is this true, where is it, how do I replace it, how much money?
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conrad do a search for doughnut with the search engine on site there is a lot of info about changing it
the smooth shifts suffer when this goes a for the reverse lock out i would not recomend locking it in the up pos as getting reverse instead of first can be a real pain at the first set of lights when there is some one behind you ![]() with the rubber sections replaced the shift will be much better and so will the use of the lockout
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Hey guys! the "clip and bolt" thingy seem to be in place, but i look under the car and there seems to be a broken cable like this hanging by where the tranny is...can this be why it doesnt stay go into gear?
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I got pictures of the shifter and the pins today, but we seem to have moved into a different area. Thanks, Jarrell
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Opeler
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Here i took some pics...tell me if these help with the diagnoses..
Thanks alot Rock ON, http://www.opelgt.com/photos/data/50.../peeCN1579.JPGhttp://www.opelgt.com/photos/data/50...bs/poo1577.JPGhttp://www.opelgt.com/photos/data/30...s/DSCN1540.JPG |
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Opeler
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sorry about that.....
here are bigger pics ..hopefully http://www.opelgt.com/photos/data/500/peeCN1579.JPGhttp://www.opelgt.com/photos/data/500/poo1577.JPG |
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I have a car that won't go into gear with the shift lever either. Look from underneath the car for the linkage on each side of the transmission. There may be excessive wear on the linkage or there is a lever toward the left (pass. side) front of the transmission that is pressed on a shaft coming out the side of the transmission and spot welded, sometimes this breaks loose and just rotates on the shaft without really doing anything. Generally a result of someone shifting gears a LITTLE too hard.
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